Cooling hyperthermic firefighters by immersing forearms and hands in 10°C and 20°C water

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-567

  Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a   Jamieson, Christopher ^a   Cahill, Farrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat illness; Heat stress; Heat stroke; Hyperthermia; Thermoregulation; Vapor barrier

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; FIRE FIGHTER; FOREARM; HAND; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; HYPERTHERMIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CRYOTHERAPY; FEVER; FIRES; FOREARM; HAND; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249904699     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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